Millbury fires officer who was stripped of gun under restraining order

Tuesday

Apr 8, 2014 at 2:34 PMApr 8, 2014 at 7:23 PM

By Elaine Thompson TELEGRAM & GAZETTE STAFF

MILLBURY — Michael R. Healy Jr., the police officer whose service weapon was taken as a condition of a restraining order an Auburn police officer filed against him, is no longer employed by the town.

Police Chief Kenny A. Howell said Tuesday that Mr. Healy no longer works for the police department as of April 4. He said he could not provide any additional information. But Leigh Panettiere, with the Boston law firm of Sandulli Grace, which represents the local police union, confirmed that Mr. Healy was fired. She declined to comment further.

On Feb. 28, the chief placed Mr. Healy on administrative leave of absence with pay and notified him of pending termination proceedings because he was no longer able to perform his duties after his service weapon was taken from him. He lost the gun as part of a one-year restraining order that his former girlfriend, Auburn Police Officer Stephanie Lynn Segur, obtained against him.

Ms. Segur told the court that her former boyfriend stalked and terrorized her after she broke off a two-year relationship on Jan. 1 and began dating someone else.

A Worcester District Court judge last month denied Mr. Healy's request that he be allowed to get his service weapon back so he could keep his job.